Insurance urged for CSX listings
The Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday urged companies intending to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) to buy insurance to bolster public confidence. Vice President Bo Chanpiro of the Financial Industry Department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance said the finance sector relies not only href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/insurance-urged-for-csx-listings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090658524/Business/insurance-urged-for-csx-listings.html
Third party canteens favoured by GMAC
The Chairman of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia, Van Sou Ieng, said that even if nutrition is an important factor in productivity, it should not the sole responsibility of the factory owner. “The deduction that the nutrition will automatically improve productivity is not necessarily true. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/third-party-canteens-favoured-by-gmac/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
U.S., Cambodia release life skills manuals for Cambodian schools
The United States and Cambodian governments on Tuesday released an educational guide that will help Cambodian schools improve the way their students learn, according to a media statement from the U.S. Embassy. The Life Skills Curriculum is the culmination of an extensive collaboration between the Cambodian Ministry of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/u-s-cambodia-release-life-skills-manuals-for-cambodian-schools/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/28/c_133081282.htm
Chinese tourists to Cambodia's Angkor heritage site up 17 pct in first half
The number of Chinese visitors to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple, one of the World Heritage Sites, has reached 161,700 in the first six months of this year, a 17 percent rise over the same period last year, an official data showed Friday. The data from the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-tourists-to-cambodias-angkor-heritage-site-up-17-pct-in-first-half/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/travel/2014-08/01/c_133524492.htm
Cambodian PM says gov't has no rights to control judiciary
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday that he and his government have no rights to order the courts to arrest or release any suspects who have committed crimes. “I and the government have no rights to order the judiciary, the court to arrest anyone based href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-says-govt-has-no-rights-to-control-judiciary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/20/c_133803048.htm
Roxy Casino made ‘modest profit’ since soft opening
Roxy Casino in Cambodia has made a “modest profit” since its soft opening on May 26, parent company Cell Aquaculture Ltd said in a filing to the Australian Securities Exchange. It did not provide figures. The profit was attributed to its sports betting activities during FIFA World Cup 2014 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/roxy-casino-made-modest-profit-since-soft-opening/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
GGRAsia News Staff
http://www.ggrasia.com/roxy-casino-made-modest-profit-since-soft-opening/
Timber trader Try Pheap linked to logging racket
In a new report, U.K. environmental rights group Global Witness places Cambodian timber magnate Try Pheap at the heart of a vast illegal logging operation driving the country’s rarest tree species to the brink of extinction with the collusion of government and military officials. “The Cost href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timber-trader-try-pheap-linked-to-logging-racket/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/timber-trader-try-pheap-linked-to-vast-logging-racket-77466/
Cambodians shun banks: World Bank report
Cambodian people used banks less than any other country in the Asia-Pacific region last year in percentage terms of using financial services, recent data from the World Bank showed. The report, released this month, also pointed to high growth in the percentage of borrowers, which insiders href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodians-shun-banks-world-bank-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012053056467/Business/cambodians-shun-banks.html
Labour firm staff sentenced
The director and employees of a maid recruitment agency were handed sentences of up to five years by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday and ordered to pay compensation for illegally detaining an under-aged girl. Presiding judge Duch Kimsorn said Century Manpower’s director Oung Sakirin, chief of administration href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labour-firm-staff-sentenced/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050155893/National-news/labour-firm-staff-sentenced.html
ACU takes aim at bribes
The Anti-Corruption Unit has set its sights on illegal fees paid at the commune level and intends to stamp out a decades-old culture of bribery within the next four months, ACU officials announced yesterday. At a press conference, acting ACU president Chhay Savuth said that 22 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/acu-takes-aim-at-bribes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050956060/National-news/acu-takes-aim-at-bribes.html
Officials worry over tiny rise in rice exports
Cambodian milled rice exports grew by only 0.52 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from the government. Officials have expressed concern over Cambodia’s ability to reach its export target of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-worry-over-tiny-rise-in-rice-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia's small firms to gain better access to bank financing
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $75 million senior loan with Cambodia’s largest bank, ACLEDA Bank Plc, to address the rising financing requirements of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/cambodias-small-firms-to-gain-better-access-to-bank-financing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
‘Viable’ Boeung Kak option floated
More than enough vacant plots exist within Boeung Kak lake’s 12.44-hectare concession area to house those denied land permits, a new NGO report says. Sahmakum Teang Tnaut claims to have found “a viable and practical” solution for households excluded from the unmarked land the prime minister href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/viable-boeung-kak-option-floated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070357170/National-news/viable-boeung-kak-option.html
Hydropower Dams
A subset of data containing known operational and planned hydropower dams in the Greater Mekong Subregion, for Cambodia, compiled by International Rivers and published in June 2014. Dams data are compiled from various sources, including: the Global Reservoir and Dam (GRanD) Database, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/layers/hydropower-dams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
TNS launches new office in Cambodia
International market- research company TNS has announced the opening of the company’s first office in Cambodia, and has joined forces with MSD, a Cambodian market and social research firm that is a “long-standing partner”, an official company statement said. Ralf Matthaes has been appointed regional managing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tns-launches-new-office-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062256943/Business/tns-new-office-cambodia.html
Farmers’ profits hit by further drop in paddy prices
Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) on Friday announced the recent fluctuation in international rice market prices and paddy prices in Cambodia. It revealed that overall prices have decreased slightly to between 1,090 and 1,250 riel per kilogram, depending on the type. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmers-profits-hit-by-further-drop-in-paddy-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-farmers-profits-hit-by-further-drop-in-paddy-prices
UN estimates 100,000 trafficked into Cambodian scam operations, officials ask “Where are they?”
At least 100,000 people have been forced to carry out online scams in Cambodia, according to a UN Human Rights report released Tuesday, but Cambodian government officials say they want to see more evidence for the estimate. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-estimates-100000-trafficked-into-cambodian-scam-operations-officials-ask-where-are-they/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Seoung Nimol and Leila Goldstein
https://cambojanews.com/un-estimates-100000-trafficked-into-cambodian-scam-operations-officials-ask-where-are-they/
Digitalization affects us all - ODC attends conference hosted by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
“When I first arrived in Cambodia, I was impressed of the digitization process here,” Dr. Daniel Schmücking remembers his first days in Phnom Penh, and continues: “I thought ‘how can I survive here?’ but then someone told me about PassApp.” The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/digitalization-affects-us-all-odc-attends-conference-hosted-by-konrad-adenauer-stiftung/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Using ICT and Maps in promoting STEM Education for the public high school in Cambodia
The project Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening (CCSS), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the East-West Management Institute (EWMI), has been implemented by Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, Youth href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/using-ict-and-maps-in-promoting-stem-education-for-the-public-high-school-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Experts shared diverse perspectives and insights on ESG evolving in Cambodia
In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices have gained significant traction globally, and Cambodia is no exception to this trend. As global markets, particularly those based in the European Union, set increasingly stringent environmental regulatory standards, Cambodian businesses face both challenges and opportunities href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/experts-shared-diverse-perspectives-and-insights-on-esg-evolving-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...